Ejaculate

Definitions

Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If semen from two ejaculates obtained from one bull is mixed, and the conception rate for the mixed sample is compared with that obtained by the use⟳ of the two ejaculates independently, any tendency for the mixed sample's conception rate to be closer to that of either of the two individual ejaculates could be used as a sensitive measure⟳ of the relationship between the semen characteristics of the two ejaculates and conception rate.”

“The ejaculate usually spurts out as the prostate gland and surrounding muscles, as well as those at the base⟳ of the penis, contract at orgasm. In young males, the force⟳ of the spurt can be strong enough for the ejaculate to hit the upper chest; in older males, it may roll out or go an inch or two up the abdomen.”

“Female ejaculate is a clear liquid. Its consistency is akin to that of very light⟳ lubricant, but it is watery rather than slick. […] [B]oth women's and men's ejaculate is prostatic fluid (that is, both are created by the prostate).”

“A smaller mammal such as a dog has a sperm concentration of 300 000 000 per millilitre in an ejaculate of 8 ml in volume. Thus, each ejaculate will contain⟳ only 2 400 000 000 (24 × 10⁸).”

“Ejaculates are costly to produce⟳ for human males. Frequent ejaculation, especially more frequent than every other day, results in decreased sperm counts […], suggesting limits to sperm production. Men hardly seem limited by sperm production, however, given the apparent wastage of sperm. Sperm are continuously lost in the urine, and entire ejaculates are lost during nocturnal emissions and masturbation, although masturbatory ejaculates contain⟳ fewer sperm than do copulatory ejaculates […].”

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